Consultant, Compliance

The EMEA Framework Compliance function of Northern Trust is looking for a talented professional to join the team, providing support to the wider EMEA Compliance team in executing the Regulatory Change Management Programme. This role is a unique opportunity to join a growing Compliance function.

The EMEA Framework Compliance function is part of the UK & Mainland EMEA Compliance team, a unit which forms part of Global Compliance and Corporate Risk, and is entrusted with providing regulatory advice and assurance to senior management, boards, relevant committees, regulators and clients and ensuring Northern Trust meets its regulatory obligations at all times.

As part of the UK and Mainland EMEA Compliance team, this role is to act as the financial regulatory subject matter expert (‘SME’) on all laws and regulations that are impacting any of our legal entities and businesses in the UK and Mainland EMEA region. This role, working with Compliance partners in other regions and countries, monitors and tracks regulatory developments, assesses their impact at an entity and business level and works with the wider Compliance team and other partners on the implementation of regulatory changes. The individual may also be asked to support the wider Compliance team as necessary. This role will report to the Head of EMEA Framework Compliance.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

•SME on the EU and UK financial regulatory landscape and key regulatory initiatives including the FCA and PRA, with the ability to interpret high level legal entity, business and operational impact of regulatory changes;

•Contribute to the further development of a consistent Regulatory Change Management programme that seeks to address the tracking, interpretation, assessment and reporting of regulatory developments across countries, regions and teams;

•Support the development of an automated work flow tool for our Regulatory Change Management programme;

•Support the maintenance of Rule Maps and Compliance Risk Assessments (CRAs) by providing the coordinator for our Rule Maps and CRAs updates on regulatory developments;

•Work with the Head of EMEA Compliance Assurance & Regulatory Liaison and the business to respond to regulatory requests, meetings and reporting;

•Ability to use initiative and work unsupervised in a proactive manner;

•Collaborative and flexible approach to work.

Personal Skills Required:

•Excellence in Execution;

•Effective Communication;

•Analytical Thinking;

•Problem Solving Skills;

•Time Management

About Northern Trust

For more than a century, Northern Trust has worked hard building our legacy of outstanding service, expertise and integrity. From a Chicago-based bank founded in 1889, we now have more than 20 international locations and 18,500 employees globally. We serve the world’s most-sophisticated clients – from sovereign wealth funds and the wealthiest individuals and families, to the most-successful hedge funds and corporate brands.

We burnished our reputation as a global leader delivering innovative investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions enabled by sophisticated, leading technology. And through it all, we continually laid a solid, forward-looking foundation on which future generations can continue growing and achieving greater.

Northern Trust proudly cultivates a diverse workforce, to serve our diverse client base. We strongly believe that diversity of experience contributes to a broader collective perspective that will consistently lead to a better company. We encourage applications from the best regardless of ethnicity, gender, gender identity, age, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, education, socio-economic background, parental and caring status, or religion.

Reasonable Accommodation
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Northern Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Hiring and other employment decisions at Northern Trust are made without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, ancestry, national origin, ethnic origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, sexual orientation, record of offences, marital status, family status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, or local law, regulation, or ordinance.

It is the policy and practice of Northern Trust to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. Northern Trust does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion or belief, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or age. All employment decisions will be made in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our obligations under the law and codes of practice. This includes human resources’ decisions relating to recruitment, terms and conditions of employment, transfers, promotions and access to learning and development.